Okay- so I know I am in the middle of 'Last Chance' but this is a story I started a while ago and now in serious need of some RH fluff I decided it was time to post it. It's slightly ridiculous but hopefully good fun
Enjoy…
Chapter One
"What do you mean..? You can't be serious!... But Adam! They know we wouldn't ask if… Yes. I know it's not her fault, but… Alright! Look, I'll see you later…Yes! Yes, I know. I do too… Bye." Fiona slammed the phone back onto the receiver and flopped back in her chair. "Arrghhh!" she vented at no one particular.
Ruth looked up from the file that lay open on her already crowded desk. "Problem?"
Fiona ran her hand wearily down her face and sighed. "Not really. It's nothing."
"Doesn't sound like nothing."
Leaning forward on her elbows Fiona sighed again. "Do you ever wish, that for once, someone up there would just give you a break?"
Ruth raised her eyebrow quizzically, while smiling in agreement.
"It's stupid really. Adam was going to take me for dinner tonight. It's been a while since we've had time just for us. You know, away from the Grid." Ruth nodded. She did know. They all did. After the recent terrorist attacks on London none of them had time to catch a breath, let alone anything else. "Anyway," Fiona continued, "Wes was going to stay at my folks, but apparently my Mum has just called to say he won't be able to. Apparently she has come down with some flu thing, so looks like its a night in with a four year old for us!"
"I could do it!" Ruth piped up, before really registering what she had said. However, after considering the idea further, she did admit that a night alone, staring a slightly different four walls did seem like a refreshing break. "I could baby sit!" she repeated loudly with more conviction.
"… I mean she's got the flu…Well, she didn't sound like she was joking!...Fi, she's ill! It's not…well then there's not much we can do about it, is there?... Fi! You know I love you, don't you?… Bye."
"Trouble in paradise?" Harry's eyes didn't leave the road ahead, yet Adam could sense the slight rise of his eyebrow.
"You could say that." Harry allowed the young spook time to sulk in his own stubbornness, until he finally turned back to his boss. "It's Fiona's mum. She's ill."
"Oh? Oh, I am sorry. If there's anything I can do…"
"No! No, I mean, not ill ill, just under the weather, but… now you come to mention it, there is something you could do." Adam noticed that Harry's eyes now definitely flickered from the road in sceptical suspicion.
"Go on." He sighed.
"How are you fixed for a spot of baby sitting?"
Entering the Grid, Adam smiled warmly at his wife and Harry mirrored his motion but his smile was directed only to Ruth. Fiona and Ruth returned their respective greeting with similar grins. Much to Fiona's delight Adam strode quickly across the floor and kissed her deliciously. Much to Ruth's inner disappointment, Harry did not mirror the latter, but merely slunk off quickly in the direction of his office.
"Guess what?" Adam whispered teasingly to his wife.
"Me first!" she scorned softly. "Ruth said she'll watch Wes tonight…"
"But that's what I wanted to talk to you about I've… wait a minute!"
Next chapter nearly written so please R&R and let me know if you want to read more
